Placebo Effect In Relation To The Mind

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Title) Nothing helps: a placebo a day, Database: GBIC


Key Facts:

• 4 sets of asthma patients were tested.
• there were 4 different "treatments" given: albuterol inhalers, placebo inhalers, sham acupuncture, or nothing.
• albuterol inhalers were the actual treatment for patients with asthma
• The results showed that the actual treatment showed improvement unlike the other "treatments".
• 1/5 of the patients with nothing claimed they felt better
• 1/2 of the patients using all the other treatments claimed they felt better, as well
• The 4 groups all had some people, though, that claimed they felt better

Questions:

• What are doctors going to explore in their studies with this new discovery?
• Are doctors going to rely more heavily on tests instead of peoples feelings?
• Will doctors change anything in their medication?